International Journal of Educational Development
Volume 45, 2015, Pages 1-15

The determinants of compulsory education performance of migrant children in Beijing: An analysis of two cohorts (Article)

Gong X.* , Zhang H. , Yao H.
  • a Central China Normal University, School of Education, No. 152 Luoyu Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430079, China
  • b Educational, Scientific and Cultural Research Center, Research Institute for Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance, Xinzhi Building, Fucheng Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100142, China
  • c United Nations Children's Fund, Center on Chinese Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, Box 211, New York, NY 10027, United States

Abstract

Based on sampling data of 2008 and 2011, this paper adopts the ordered probit model to investigate the determinants of academic performance for two cohorts of migrant children in Beijing. We found: (1) Age (different directions for the two cohorts), being a girl, family income, mother's education, parental expectations, parental tutoring, and the degree of satisfaction with schools were associated with children's academic ranking in the class for both cohorts. (2) Family income only mattered for the 2008 cohort and only for girls; additionally for 2008, educational expectations, study time and being a student leader were significant predictors. (3) Heterogeneous effects by gender, by education stage and by school type were also documented. © 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Author Keywords

China Academic performance Two cohorts Migrant Children compulsory education

Index Keywords

education China cohort analysis Beijing [China] Child Development academic performance immigrant population
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84941899267&doi=10.1016%2fj.ijedudev.2015.09.002&partnerID=40&md5=5a780f26ad89daf8a7d6d9c6a9655f72
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2015.09.002
ISSN: 07380593
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English